Hi. I live in McKinney which is not far from the Wilson Chapel Cemetery where there are some Cates buried: Pearl D. Cates 5-6-1885 to 4-4-1911 John Gibson Cates 1882-1953 Sarah Ann Cates 1886-1962 Shirley Jean Cates 12-31-1938 to 6-5-1939 The Cemetery is located on FM 546, near Lowery Crossing, east of McKinney. Mitzi Hammond Perkins Dave Masonhall wrote: > Looking for information on some of my Cates ancestors associated with > Collin County, Texas around 1900 who apparently lived about 12 miles from > McKinney. They moved there from near Graham in Young County about that > time. The community names of Valdesta and Blue Ridge come to mind. > > The individuals were: G. Hamilton Ash and his wife, Margaret (Margery) > Cates-Ash; John Cates; Joel Cates; Mary Elizabeth Kelly. Any info > appreciated. > > --Dave Masonhall > > Genealogy Page = <http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/2991/index.html> > > Home Page = <http://homepages.lycos.com/~davemasonhall/lypersonal/ > Dave_Masonhalls_Personal_Homepageindex.html>